SNR Employee Handbook

Awards

Contact(s)

• SNR Graduate Committee Chair - Christopher Chizinski, cchizinski2@unl.edu, 910 South HARH EC 0989, Phone: 402-472-8718
• SNR Graduate Program Coordinator - Brooke Mott, bmott2@unl.edu, 911 South HARH EC 0989, Phone: 402-472-5355
• Administrative Associate - Sarah Thorell, sara.thorell@unl.edu, 909 South HARH EC 0989, Phone: 402-472-9873

SNR Meritorious Graduate Student Award

The awards honor the best SNR students and recognize their academic achievements, research, teaching contributions, leadership accomplishments, service and personal qualifications.

The Award: Recipients will receive $500 each (one MS and/or one PhD) and a certificate.

Eligibility: Candidates must have completed at least one academic year of graduate work (two semesters) leading to an MS or PhD degree in Natural Resource Sciences and must be current student at the time of the award.  Graduate students can receive this award only once for each degree. Students cannot self-nominate themselves.

Selection Process and Criteria: The Graduate Committee will select the recipients based on:

• Academic achievements, honors, and awards, GPA of at least 3.5.
• Research/teaching contributions.
• Leadership accomplishments (academic and professional).
• Service activities (community and professional organizations).
• Personal qualities (leadership, commitment to excellence, and communication skills).

Deadline: Nominations should be submitted by the student's advisor to Brooke Mott in early Spring 2025.

Awards will be announced at the SNR Spring Banquet. Previous Winners

Requirements to be submitted electronically to Brooke Mott

• One nomination letter from advisor (advisor is encouraged to: identify expectations of assistantships [percent research, teaching and extension] or graduate position (for unfunded students), limit nominations to a single student, and highlight student's productivity in each area of selection criteria),
• One nomination letter from a fellow graduate student in the School of Natural Resources (no self-nominations) (fellow graduate students are encouraged to provide specific examples related to each of the selection criteria, and should work with an advisor to improve their letter),
• Student's unofficial transcript showing current GPA (advisor* or student can download this from MyRed; Note: does not have access to the transcripts), and
• Student's Curriculum Vitae.

^*If faculty do not have access to unofficial transcripts, please complete a request to Brooke Mott.

Download Meritorious Submission Form

SNR Staff Recognition Award

The SNR Staff Advisory and Professional Development Committee (SAPDC) is charged with coordinating the SNR Staff Recognition Award. The School presents the awards twice a year, one in each semester. The awards are presented at the Annual Spring Banquet.

SNR Faculty and Staff Awards

Awarded at the SNR Annual Banquet usually in April of each year. Nominations are usually in the late January to mid February each year.